Inari
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-NAH-ree
- Origin
- Japanese
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Inari is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Inari mean?
Japanese: name of the Shinto rice deity; also a lake in Finnish Lapland
Inari is the Shinto kami of rice and prosperity, whose messengers are foxes.
Is Inari a girl's or a boy's name?
Inari is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 28 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Inari in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Inari, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Inari in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Inari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 93% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Inari, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 55 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994. 7 boys were also named Inari in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Inari than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Inari in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80% of the babies named Inari in the US were girls.
Inari in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 55 | #3,014 |
| 2022 | 49 | #3,277 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
Names like Inari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Inaya, Anaya, Remi, Raya, Maryam, Amaya, Saanvi, Liyana, Ayat, Amara, Arya, Imogen
Names related to Inari
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Inari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/inari, updated 20 October 2026.